The City of Delta in British Columbia wants to see more policing resources at Deltaport, Canada’s “flagship container terminal,” and is turning to its fellow municipalities for support, reports Ian Jacques of the Delta Optimist.
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The city has put forward a motion at the annual Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Vancouver asking that the provincial and federal governments work together to re-establish a port policing or equivalent agency at the Roberts Bank container terminal and at all ports in B.C.
The Ports Canada Police was disbanded in 1997, leaving municipal police to patrol docks and ports, provincial government money laundering investigator Peter German noted in his recent report. German warned the lack of a dedicated port police could be allowing large numbers of stolen vehicles to slip out of Canada.
A 2011 Public Safety Canada report concluded that Canada’s three largest ports – Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax – are the most vulnerable to inbound and outbound smuggling, citing container traffic volume as a key reason for the ports’ appeal to smugglers.
Four years ago, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority discontinued its financial contribution to the RCMP-led Waterfront Joint Forces Operation, a policing organization intended to fight crime on the waterfront.
In terms of policing, the Delta Police Department has jurisdiction up to the municipal water boundary. Between 2009 and 2018, police responded to more than 750 calls for service at the port.
Find the full article here: www.delta-optimist.com/news/delta-pushing-to-re-establish-port-policing-agency-1.23947662.
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